Histone methyltransferase Smyd3 is a new regulator for vascular senescence.

ABSTRACT: Endothelial cell senescence is one of the main risk factors contributing to vascular diseases. As increasing number of "epigenetic drugs" entering clinical trials, understanding the mechanism of epigenetic regulation in vascular aging has significant implications in finding targets to cure vascular diseases. However, the epigenetic regulation of endothelial senescence remains unclear. Based on the findings that increased protein level of histone H3 lysine 4 (H3K4) methyltransferase Smyd3 and elevated H3K4me3 modification happened in angiotensin II (Ang II)-induced senescence in rat endothelial cells, we are curious about whether and how Smyd3 can regulate endothelial senescence. We found that an increase of Smyd3 alone promoted senescence-associated phenotypes, while knockdown of Smyd3 blo

SUBMITTER: Yang D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7511874 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature